Yes but the point is still the same. Take another example then: if quality and success were proportional, then 'Queen II' would have largely outsold 'Greatest Hits' and 'A Kind Of Magic', which it didn't.

Yes but the point is still the same. Take another example then: if quality and success were proportional, then 'Queen II' would have largely outsold 'Greatest Hits' and 'A Kind Of Magic', which it didn't.

Absolutely...and the Sheer Heart Attack album would have outsold all others.